Icon (Mike Oldfield album) explained

Icon
Type:compilation
Artist:Mike Oldfield
Cover:MikeOldfieldIcon.jpg
Recorded:1973 – 2007
Genre:Pop rock, Progressive rock
Label:Universal Music Enterprises
Producer:Mike Oldfield, Tom Newman, Simon Heyworth, Simon Phillips, Karl Jenkins
Prev Title:Two Sides
Prev Year:2012
Next Year:2013

Icon is a compilation album by British multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield. It was released on 31 May 2012 in Europe.[1] It is part of a series of similar Icon albums released by Universal Music Enterprises.

The album includes selections from Oldfield's recorded output with Mercury Records. Pieces from earlier in Oldfield's career were originally released on Virgin Records but have been subsequently moved to Mercury/Universal.

The album was released during the same year as another Mike Oldfield compilation from Universal, Two Sides.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mike Oldfield - Icon . Discogs . 5 May 2013.